A sovereign debt restructuring furniture review
Lazard has the biggest sovereign debt restructuring advisory out there, and over the past five years it worked for Argentina, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Lebanon, Suriname, Sri Lanka and Zambia — ...
Recipe: why chefs love boiled sausages
This recipe for boiled sausages comes from Daniel Willis, owner of the hyper-stylish Michelin-starred Luca in London’s ...
Russian defence spending exceeds all of Europe combined, study finds
The IISS forecast that this year total Russian defence spending — including so-called voluntary payments by regional ...
The EU knows aid is not only a moral duty but a strategic necessity
As the winds of isolationism whip across the world, the EU will remain a strong, reliable and committed humanitarian partner. But we alone cannot fill the gap left by others — the needs are simply too ...
Saudi Arabia launches ferocious state media attack on Netanyahu
Onslaught points to growing frustration in Gulf state’s royal court with Israeli prime minister and war in Gaza ...
Office attendance is becoming a performance metric
Lloyds Banking Group, for example, is keeping a hybrid working policy but will take into account the office attendance of senior executives when awarding their bonuses. PwC has said it will monitor ...
Ukraine launches recruitment drive for young soldiers to fight Russia
Recruits will also be eligible for subsidies for rents and mortgages, as well as state-funded higher education, and the right to travel abroad after completion of service. Currently, under martial law ...
Why UK avoids picking a side in multipolar world
Political calculation is trickier than policy as aligning with Trump camp too closely risks alienating Labour voters ...
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy film review — merry widow charms the pants off young hunk
Since Bridget Jones made her big-screen debut in 2001, newspaper think pieces have looked to Helen Fielding’s creation as a gauge of the condition of contemporary women — a metric of anxieties about ...
Heineken shares jump as profits beat forecasts
Heineken’s shares bounced almost 12 per cent on Wednesday after the brewer beat profit and revenue forecasts for 2024 and said it would buy back €1.5bn of shares. The company reported an 8.3 per cent ...
Thames Water investigated over delayed environmental schemes
Thames Water is to be investigated by the UK regulator over delays to more than 100 environmental improvement schemes that were due to be delivered by March this year, piling pressure on the indebted ...
Close Brothers to set aside £165mn for car finance probe
London-based bank Close Brothers said it expected to set aside £165mn to cover the costs of a probe and related court ruling into the potential mis-selling of car finance loans. The bank said on ...